Polk County is in the top 20 of the fastest growing counties in Florida, according to county population figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau. The annual estimates indicate that on July 1, Polk County had 574,746 residents, an increase of 90,822 residents since 2000. Based on its population increase since the 2000 census, Polk was the 19th-fastest-growing county among Florida's 67 counties. From 2006 to 2007, the Census Bureau estimated that the population of Polk County grew by 16,723, a modest increase of 3 percent. Our neighbor, Osceola County, is the second-fastest-growing county in Florida and the 16th fastest growing county in the nation. Twelve Florida counties are in the top 100 fastest-growing counties in the nation.
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